CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 150 ministers and funeral home directors – most of them centered in the black community – met Tuesday afternoon to plan lobbying strategy to push the state for more money for public aid burials.

This summer, Gov. Pat Quinn and the General Assembly signed off on drastically reduced funding for indigent burials. The $10 million in funding was cut to $2 million.

Some funeral homes have absorbed the cost and Mark Rizzo of Leak & Sons on the South Side said many funeral homes are now tens of thousands of dollars in the red.